Saudi teen who fled family has left Thailand, en route to Canada: official
A Saudi teen who fled her family left Thailand on Friday night on a flight to South Korea, an airport official told Reuters.
Congo election runner-up to press fraud dispute in court
The runner-up in Democratic Republic of Congo’s presidential election said on Friday he in fact won a landslide victory with more than 60 percent of votes and will file a formal fraud complaint.
German hacker spread right-wing, anti-Muslim views on Internet
A 20-year-old student who disclosed the private data of nearly 1,000 politicians and others in one of Germany’s biggest data breaches had expressed rightwing and anti-Muslim views on the Internet, German media reported on Friday.
Cuba tourist bus crash kills three locals, four foreigners
A bus crash in eastern Cuba killed three locals and four foreigners and left another five passengers in critical condition, state-run provincial radio station Radio Guantanamo reported on Friday.
Saudi teen to depart Thailand for Canada asylum: Thai immigration chief
A Saudi woman who fled to Thailand saying she feared her family would kill her has been granted asylum in Canada and is traveling there on Friday, the Thai immigration chief told Reuters.
Fund battling AIDS, TB and malaria seeks $14 billion to invigorate fight
At least $14 billion is needed to accelerate the fight against AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria and quell stubborn epidemics that still kill millions, the head of a global health fund said on Friday.
EU-Turkey migrant deal ‘not working properly’: Germany’s Merkel
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday a deal between the European Union and Turkey to stem massive migrant flows is dysfunctional and criticized Greece’s legal system for underperforming on deportations.
Israeli gunfire kills Gaza woman during border protests
Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian woman during Gaza border protests on Friday, medics said, and the military said it opened fire in response to grenade and rock attacks and breaches of the frontier.
France investigates Japan’s Olympics chief on suspicion of corruption
The president of Japan’s Olympic Committee, Tsunekazu Takeda, is under formal investigation in France for suspected corruption related to Japan’s successful bid for the 2020 Olympic Games, a French judicial source said on Friday.
With scant hope of success, Venezuelan opposition talks of removing Maduro
Venezuela’s opposition-led Congress planned a public gathering on Friday to discuss ways to remove leftist President Nicolas Maduro, just a day after his swearing-in to a disputed second term, although the effort looked unlikely to succeed.
